August 17, 2021

A variety of new retail and construction businesses are coming to North Augusta. Brighter Side Roofing – founded in 2002 – plans to open a second location at 726 Edgefield Road in North Augusta, according to Samuel Leverette, the business’s owner. “We hope to break ground on construction by the end of the year,” says Leverette. “It’s no rush.” He explains Brighter Side previously had a location off West Avenue in North Augusta for seven years “Until we outgrew that location.” Leverette says he’s currently trying to find a general

DJR’s Water Ice Company is moving into one side of the shopping center outside of the Riverwood subdivision. Less than 50 yards away in a different part of the center, Vampire Penguin’s Shaved Snow and Desserts is also getting ready to open. Next to DJR’s is Ocean Nails. Near Vampire Penguin is Sky Nail Salon. How could this happen? Both ends of the shopping center are owned and managed by different companies and even called by different names—one the Market at Riverwood and the other the Riverwood Town Center. That